At half-time, the mood of the coaches and players on both teams was different.

Manuel Pellegrini is worried, although he believes in the quality of this Manchester City team, but in other people's home stadiums, Manchester City can do too little, after all, the pressure is very high, and the boos in the sky make it impossible for you to concentrate on one thing, let alone the players on the pitch.

"If it weren't for Guan Peng's two away goals, this game would have been a very different situation." Pellegrini sighed, now Guan Peng's two goals at the Etihad Stadium are like seeds planted by a dragon, which have grown and completely affected Manchester City's plans.

This is not a problem, the biggest problem is that I have not found an effective way to defend Guan Peng until now.

Of course, after Guan Peng's goal, Yaya Toure and Fernandinho did a good job, and the two joined forces to finally curb Guan Peng's play.

But the problem Guan Peng's goal has boosted the morale of the entire Dortmund, including Reus, Lewandowski and Kuba, the performance is very eye-catching, repeatedly threatening Manchester City's goal, several times almost scored, if it weren't for Manchester City's luck, it is estimated that the total score is now not 3:3, but 3:4 or 3:5.

The difficult Guan Peng, in the final analysis, is still the reason for that kid.

In contrast, Pellegrini has a headache for Guan Peng, and Klopp is so happy that he can't keep his mouth shut, anyone who has such a fierce general under his command will not be unhappy, such a player can stand up at a critical moment to turn the tide, can shield the whole team from the wind and rain, what is not satisfied?

Now the team has an advantage, as long as it maintains this advantage, it can be promoted, but Klopp does not want to defend passively, after so many games of research and experimentation, he finally found that for Dortmund, the attack is the best defense, the opponent who suppresses is out of breath, and the opponent who suppresses has no chance to shoot at all, then the defense is considered a success.

In fact, he didn't have to sacrifice Guan Peng's offensive ability at all.

He generously praised Guan Peng's performance and instructed the team to attack with all their might in the second half, striving for a big win at home, and entering the quarterfinals with their heads held high.

The media in Munich once said before the game that Dortmund had little chance of winning, and said that it was likely that only Bayern would advance to the quarterfinals this season, but they must not have expected that Guan Peng's performance would be so good, and this game would definitely be won.

In Manchester City's dressing room, Yaya Toure was asking the team doctor to check his legs, although he had avoided contact with Guan Peng, but sometimes in order to stop Guan Peng, he still had to have a hard collision with Guan Peng, and as a result, his legs were tortured.

Yaya Toure had a lot of bruises on her legs, as if she had been hit with an iron bar, but fortunately they were only hard injuries, and as long as they were treated properly, they could recover quickly.

Fernandinho's situation is not much better than Yaya Toure, or worse, because his defense is mostly hard with his body, and as a result, Guan Peng has obviously more contact than Yaya Toure, so he has bruises not only on his legs, but also on his body.

"Can you still hold on?" The team doctor asked.

"No problem, at least we can finish this game, but when we go back, we have to ask you to help us heal well."

Although Yaya Toure said it with ease, seeing the shocking bruises, there was an indescribable sense of fear in the locker room, as if he was really going to compete with the dragon.

The atmosphere was chillingly tense.

Although they had taken Dortmund very seriously before the game, they also knew that this team was difficult to deal with, especially at home, Dortmund was like a real devil and made every team that came to the Iduna Park stadium shudder.

But even so, that Guan Peng is a little too cruel, I remember that in the last round, he was not so strong.

Pellegrini looked at the bruises on Yaya Toure and Fernandinho's legs, and couldn't help but sigh, although he really wanted his players to play hard, but he didn't have the right to let others get hurt, so he had to find a way to solve the current passive situation.

After thinking about it, he felt that he was paying too much attention to Guan Peng, but ignoring some subtle sources?

If Dortmund can play offense instead of defense, why can't they themselves? In terms of attacking power, Manchester City is confident that they will not lose to any team, and if the powerful attack group is placed there, if it is simply used to contain Guan Peng's appearance, then what is the use?

Let David Silva and Nasri defend Guan Peng?

It's called using your own shortcomings to deal with other people's strengths, and it seems that you are indeed a little lost.

Thinking of this, he immediately clapped his hands and said: "Listen up, let's attack with all our strength in the second half, the current total score is still a draw, we only need to score one more goal, then it is us who advances, you don't need to deliberately beware of Guan Peng, although he is powerful, but after all, he is only a player, and when it comes to actual combat ability, he is not as good as many players, it was my mistake before, I cared too much about him, so I gave him a chance." ”

When it comes to attacking, Aguero, Silva and Negredo all have excited smiles on their faces, Guan Peng is the protagonist in the first half, while Yaya Toure and Fernandinho are supporting roles, they are Manchester City's attacking players are simply a trick, they are all famous names in football, how can they be so obscure?

If the team wants to attack, then it's time for them to play.

When you care too much about one leaf, you lose sight of the whole forest.

Guan Peng is very strong, but he is still an individual after all, he is still an ordinary player, Pellegrini recognized his mistakes and corrected them in time, but what direction the game will develop depends on the performance of the players on both sides in the second half.

It was clear that at the start of the second half, City were on the attack.

Nasri, Silva, Sergio Aguero, Negredo, Yaya Toure and Keylor Navas were completely unleashed their attacking enthusiasm, attacking Dortmund again and again, never focusing on Guan Peng again.

Guan Peng found that he suddenly became a lot easier, but the problem was that he was relaxed, but the ball was rarely able to pass to his feet, and the players of Manchester City were like bulls in spring, which caught people off guard, and many balls were cut off before they reached his feet.

And the ball passed to his feet has basically been converted into a chance to score, but people don't seem to care at all, you did score a goal in the first half, but it is impossible to score every shot, since everyone has a shot, then see who scores first, this is definitely a fighting style of play.

Manchester City may be eliminated if they don't play with their lives, so he dares to play with his life.

But Dortmund is different, now Dortmund can advance as long as they keep the score, if they are allowed to play with their lives and attack desperately, it is really unlikely.

Although Klopp said that he should replace defense with attack, it does not mean that there is no need to defend, but only to enhance the interception in the front and midfield.

This section of the game, really very exciting, the two sides of the offensive and defensive conversion is very fast, you come and go, it's like a move between the same martial arts masters, you don't use a hidden dragon, I sweep the eight wilderness with one move, are all open and close combat methods, who can finally obtain the ability, or depends on whose endurance is more durable, whose attack is sharper.

Klopp can't sit still, anyone who sees the opponent's almost life-fighting style of play, will not be able to sit still, as the so-called horizontal is afraid of dying, barefoot is not afraid of wearing shoes, this is the true meaning of this game for a period of time.

He's thinking about whether to take it back and hold back City's onslaught for a while, and although it's different from what he's said in the dressing room before, it's a different situation now.

Improvisation should be the ability that every coach should have, and you can't go all the way, even if you think it's right, if it doesn't work in practice, you have to change.

He was still hesitating, but Guan Peng had already begun to take action.

At the beginning of the second half, Guan Peng still felt strange, the two players who were originally staring at themselves suddenly no longer paid attention to themselves, but put more defense on their teammates, and if they wanted to get the ball, they had to be teammates to pass the ball over first, if the ball under the feet of his teammates couldn't hold it, he was a heavy cannon without shells, so what was the use?

After kicking for a while, he also saw what Pellegrini meant, and couldn't help but smile.

"It's fun, but you're going to pay a lot more for doing so!" Guan Peng's current skills dare not say that he is in the top ten in Europe, but his football IQ can definitely rank in the top three in Europe, he will not only understand the thoughts of the opponent's players on the field, but also speculate on the thoughts of the opponent's coach.

Guan Peng signaled to Kuba and Royce, letting the two of them choose more to step forward, and the task of interception in the midfield was enough for him alone.

Klopp, who was on the sidelines, saw this situation, and the idea of changing tactics stopped, he wanted to see what good ideas Guan Peng had come up with, and whether he could change the slightly passive situation on the court.

Royce and Kuba have a lot of trust in Guan Peng, of course, Guan Peng's scoring ability and defensive ability are so good, and he can also be trusted by his teammates.

When Reus and Kuba stepped forward, plus Lewandowski, Dortmund had three players ambushed near the penalty area of Manchester City, although the firepower of these three players is not as strong as Guan Peng, but the sum of the three is almost the same, especially Lewandowski, he is originally a center forward, and his scoring ability is absolutely first-class, especially his good foot feeling, even Guan Peng can't reach it.

Guan Peng feels that Lewandowski must have practiced for himself, otherwise it would be impossible for him to be significantly stronger than last season after one season, especially that shot, which was extremely coquettish.

Now, a strange scene on the pitch has happened, as if the roles were reversed in the first half.

Originally, in the first half, Yaya Toure and Fernandinho went to defend Guan Peng, but at this moment, it was Guan Peng who defended them.

Guan Peng's interception is not like a defender, the defender must be cautious when he kicks, otherwise it will be very dangerous to be passed, while Guan Peng's defense is to strive to be fast and fast, and hit the nail on the head.

As long as it is a player who has the ball in Manchester City, they are faced with Guan Peng's rushing shovel, many players who could have passed the ball were so frightened by Guan Peng's crazy tackle that they forgot to pass the ball, at that moment, they thought of the bruises on Yaya Toure and Fernandinho. (To be continued.) )